Hmmm… I have to admit, I’ve never heard of or seen anything like this for research accommodation. This house is worth multi millions… Six en-suite bedrooms, five of them with outside showers (a brand new experience for me! ) and a massive living area and gorgeous kitchen. Add in that it’s right on the banks of the Olifants river and you can just sit on the deck and watch the animals waltzing by then it’s really out of this world. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place like this even on holiday!
The pictures give a bit of an idea of what it looks like… It can be taken as given that for the rest of my 7 months of fieldwork I’ll be living in much less luxurious surroundings
We worked hard but we also got to watch animals from the deck (nyala, bushbuck, baboons, monkeys (they came up to bang on the windows of the house…), kudu and all sorts!). There were also a pair of resident owls which Ed tried to photograph but kept missing!
) and a massive living area and gorgeous kitchen. Add in that it’s right on the banks of the Olifants river and you can just sit on the deck and watch the animals waltzing by then it’s really out of this world. 
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place like this even on holiday!
